The slideshow above shows the thirty-two plates from the first volume of Ackermann’s Microcosm of London (1808-10). The titles of the plates are listed below. These images are taken from a copy of the Microcosm owned by the Lewis Walpole Library and are used with permission.
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The Microcosm is introduced here and the plates can be seen mapped onto Horwood’s Plan here.
- Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy
- Exhibition Room, Somerset House
- Board Room of the Admiralty
- Astley’s Amphitheatre
- Dining Hall, Asylum
- Christie’s Auction Room
- The Great Hall, Bank of England
- Bartholomew Fair
- Billingsgate Market
- The Hall, Blue Coat School (Christ’s Hospital)
- Bow Street Office
- Pass-Room Bridewell
- British Institution, [52] Pall Mall
- The Hall and Stair Case, British Museum
- The Hall, Carlton House
- The Roman Catholic Chapel, [54] Lincoln’s Inn Fields
- Coal Exchange
- Royal Cock Pit
- Water Engine, Cold-Bath-Fields Prison
- The College of Physicians
- House of Commons
- Court of Chancery, Lincoln’s Inn Hall
- Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall
- Court of King’s Bench, Westminster Hall
- Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall
- Covent Garden Market, Westminster Election
- Covent Garden Theatre
- The Long Room, Custom House
- Custom House, from the River Thames
- Debating Society, [22] Piccadilly
- Doctors’ Commons
- Drury Lane Theatre